Sideways Colonial Home - workable or too awkward?
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Comments (27)Just chiming in to say it looks so much better. Suth a cute house. I really like it without the awning. A wood arbor would please my eye much more than an awning, but I defer to experts, like Beth and Palimpsest and Beverly. It might help with glare to investigate glare-reducing film for the windows, and interior shutters/curtains, rather than the awning--just my thoughts. Do you like the color of the front steps? I am quibbling here, because it looks quite nice, but I like the muddier color that blends in with the brick a bit better. Lastly, I love the color of the front door. Good work....See MoreAwkward L shape
Comments (1)Hi Karly, I'm in the middle of an ebook project looking at room arrangements. I used an example apartment with a similar L-shape issue. Below is how I suggested dealing with it. In this case, the front door is on the right side of the photo and a sliding glass door is to the left behind the chair. If I were you, I'd look at putting the TV on the opposite wall where you can shift it to be more centered on the windows. The sofa goes on the window wall --hopefully floating out a little-- flanked with the chairs. Think about getting a little smaller scale furniture than what you have currently to not create a traffic jam at your front entry. (Similar size pieces with smaller armrests will help a lot!) And I would still draw a plan of the room and cut out the furniture pieces to play around with arrangements before you buy. Or use Roomstyler online like I did for the example above. The bookcase on the large wall sounds like a great idea. My example room needed something there too. But I wouldn't put the TV on that wall, personally. Hope that helps! Doug...See MoreHelp with 1930s colonial floor plan layout
Comments (4)I don't think you can put the PR under the stairs if the basement staircase turns that direction. I'd put a door on the toilet stall and call it good. This plan is out of the box, and doesn't address the PR issue, but I'll post it and give you a bump. It creates a scullery and separate pantry from the existing bump-outs, which might be more accurate for an actual colonial home (1600's not 1930's). I drew a peninsula, which would utilize drawers with two-way travel slides, to be loaded from the scullery side, and unloaded from the prep/cooking side. Accuride International makes a travel slide 29 9/16" long, so the peninsula would be at least 33" deep. Or, you can go down to the next size, 23 5/8", and make the peninsula 30" deep. Caveat: The slides are expensive (see linked site), but not as expensive as adding on to the bump-outs, changing windows, etc., and the drawer fronts would need to be notched, to ride both directions on the slide. I can't tell if the window in the nook is high enough for a standard counter, but you could use a lowered counter if necessary. I included shallow uppers, as deep as the window width would allow. With the dividing wall removed, you can have an island with seating, and a convenient prep sink. There is a prep space which can also be used as landing for groceries to be loaded to the pantry. I put the fridge nearer the basement door, because it's more convenient to the prep sink, but it could be flipped to the other end of that short run. The prep spaces and work aisle are the minimum recommended by the NKBA, and there isn't much space in front of the side entry, but it's a remodel in an old house and there will be trade-offs. Some cabinets would need to be custom made (peninsula and pantry), which would add to the budget. Good luck! Two-way travel slides/google NKBA guidelines/starcraft illustrated Accuride 24" glides on another site If you are considering a structural change, maybe extend the side porch and move the door to the spot where the window (with AC) is, to give the entry more space and more direct route to living areas: Archived GW discussion (warning--some links broken)...See MoreSideways House Dilemma
Comments (19)It's hard to tell from the pics, but could you just add a driveway access from the road to the front door? You could gate the existing entrance and continue to use it, but guests would use the new driveway. Or, you could gate the existing driveway where the seam in the concrete for the turn around is; people would park there (at the closed gate) and walk up the walkway to the front door. Landscape and fence (maybe an iron fence) to define the parking area from the lawn. It would also add privacy to your back yard....See Moreptreckel
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